windows disk check error program???

[Frankthetank1]

I have winblows vista 64 and when i run a disk check I get a blank screen after it restarts then I wait for a few minutes and then windows finally loads so i am not sure it actually works and what not. Is there a better program that will do this for me?

[SonsOfLiberty]

http://lifehacker.com/158901/download-of-the-day-testdisk

http://www.cgsecurity.org/wiki/TestDisk

http://lifehacker.com/5128973/disk-investigator-examines-raw-hard-drive-data

And testing/recovering

http://lifehacker.com/5237503/five-best-free-data-recovery-tools

[Frankthetank1]

isnt that a data recovery program not a disk error check program

[SonsOfLiberty]

Sure but it can do this as well:

TestDisk can
Fix partition table, recover deleted partition
Recover FAT32 boot sector from its backup
Rebuild FAT12/FAT16/FAT32 boot sector
Fix FAT tables
Rebuild NTFS boot sector
Recover NTFS boot sector from its backup
Fix MFT using MFT mirror
Locate ext2/ext3 Backup SuperBlock
Undelete files from FAT, NTFS and ext2 filesystem
Copy files from deleted FAT, NTFS and ext2/ext3 partitions.

[Frankthetank1]

not the easiest program to navigate

[SonsOfLiberty]

Either one of these work?

http://www.ariolic.com/disk-scanner.html

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/CheckDisk.shtml

[Frankthetank1]

so far the second one's manual is in german only and keeps getting the error disk is in use and the first one was blocked by eset anti virus from installing.

[SonsOfLiberty]

These :
http://www.diskdoctors.com/

http://www.softpedia.com/get/System/Hard-Disk-Utils/Disk-Checker.shtml

[peat moss]

I use Tuneup Disk Doctor , Norton's Disk Doctor is another option .


Tune-Up Utilities trial : http://www.tune-up.com/download/

[msalman]

scan disk comes out when there is power off prob right click on partion & check both options in scan disk click on yes & in restart it will do scaning for bad sectors etc :)